Well, guess I am not going to pursue Serbian after all. I'll just stick to writing literary fictional stories about their history instead. Rich stuff to be found there! Man, three different conjugations of the word coffee? Am I reading that right? kafu, kafa, and kafe?

Yeah, I love Serbian history and the folk stories from that period. I recommend reading them if you haven't, especially Bas Celik!

Well, there are 7 cases, so depending on the word you may have 7 different conjugations. Also, nouns and adjectives have to agree. So if you have a male noun, the adjective must be made male, and so on. Then there's the fact the verb form is dependent on who is performing the action.

Overall, it's a massive uphill battle until you're an intermediate, then it's smoother sailing. Since I have had exposure to the language, I am familiar with some parts of the grammar, and of course the vocabulary, but it's still a lot to take in. Wouldn't recommend someone with no exposure to other languages trying to take it on that's for sure.

I wonder if the complications of it have to do with the turbulent country histories? There was a lot of folks beating Serbia up. It's amazing any of the Middle Ages churches and that are even still around. But yes, the stories are delicious. The monarch histories are soap opera like. And they did come up with the first known Constitution for citizens rights within a country.

@zomberina, You mean with the language? Well most Slavic languages have many cases, and it's found in other languages like Latin and Ancient Greek. If anything many influences simplify a language's grammar, like in English - while at the same time introducing a lot of irregularities (once again like English). There are a lot of Turkish loan words in Serbian, but for the most part its grammar is very regular; just highly commplicated.

@TRP, добро сам хвала, а ви? ја бих кафу   да ли сте ви србин?